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On the Skype Beta page at the moment, for Windows Only (for now), you can get the latest very of this program 5.0 Beta 1. One of the main features that have been introduced is Group Video Calling. With this release, you can have 5 max video’s per conference – this means you and 4 other people can have a video chat.
Also in addition to introduction of group video calling we have re-designed the call view. The new call view is focusing on the ongoing call and taking away all possible disturbing factors like other conversations. If you like then you can still see the other conversations and data there also.
Remember that this is a beta release which means that we are still working on the release and that there are some rough edges in. Consult with known issues list below first before running it. We do not support Windows 2000 in this beta release.
Yes folks – everybody and there dog is talking about the so called windows 7 Beta MS have pushed out, how good it is and so forth. I need to add at this point that I personally thought Vista is not as bad as some make out but I also agree that even on a fuly loaded system, it is still sluggish compared to XP for example. This is not a review as such (there is plenty about should you need one) but my very first impressions of the beta (version 7000).
